2018-472-E Finance - Pathways to Change outside agency agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 74839431 - 9216- 429F- BFA4- 2AC6473BD9D3 EXHIBIT A: PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION j� Describe what would happen if requested funding is not awarded at all or if a reduced allocation is recommended. If requested funding is not awarded, the Pathways Board of Directors will likely recommend maintaining the costs to participants at their current levels ($450 /participant). Because several stakeholders have cited these high costs as burdensome to participants, maintaining our costs at this level will likely prevent Pathways from increasing the numbers of citizens receiving our services. ky What percentage of your target population is low- moderate income? To -date, about 50% of our participants could be considered low- moderate income. This breakdown is consistent with our understanding that domestic violence cuts across all economic classes. 1) What efforts do you make to seek feedback about your program from your target population (e.g. survey, evaluations, etc. ?) During each participant's intake assessment, he is provided with contact information for Pathways' Executive Director and encouraged to reach out to her with any concerns regarding the program or its facilitators. Upon completion of our programming, participants are asked to complete a brief, anonymous online satisfaction survey. m] Include any other pertinent information. According to the N. C. Domestic Violence Best Practices Guide for District Court Judges, Version 2012, "if the judge finds that a defendant "is responsible for acts of domestic violence" and there is an approved treatment program reasonably available, by statute s /he must order the offender to attend and complete the program, unless the court finds that it would not be in the best interests of justice. (G.S. 15A-1343(b)(1 Z)]." Despite the strong language quoted above, very few of the approximately 150 Assault on a Female convictions in Orange County in the past year resulted in the defendant being referred to our program. Various stakeholders have proposed different explanations for this lack of referrals, with some citing the high cost of our services as a barrier. (For this reason, we are proposing a reduction in cost for our Participants of $150 [from $450 to $300 for the 26 -week program].) Another explanation for the lack of referrals coming from the courts has been the relatively brief period of time that our services have been available. Before our programming began, no certified Batterer Intervention Program had been available in Orange County for several years. Pathways to Change undertook several efforts in 2017 to inform key stakeholders of its program's availability. These included meeting with individual judges; providing presentations to probation /parole, the Department of Social Services, the district attorneys, and the public defenders; and attending quarterly meetings of the Orange County Criminal Justice Advisory Council. PROGRAM INFORMATION 1/23/2018 11:18:32 AM Page 17 of 30